Climate Minister Lars Aagaard (M) has a clear message to those parts of the business community that are dissatisfied with the fact that they now have to pay higher compensation to neighbors for solar cells and wind turbines.
- I think maybe we should try to dry our eyes for a while.
The statement comes after the government on Friday reached an agreement with several parties to increase compensation to neighbors for renewable energy.
Neighborhood opposition is a significant delay in the expansion of renewable energy, but now a broad majority in the Folketing is trying to eliminate the resistance. The agreement expands compensation and assistance to citizens who have solar cells or wind turbines placed in the immediate area.
Therefore, energy companies that are to build solar cells and wind turbines on land may end up having to pay municipalities and neighbors more money in compensation than before. This has led both the industry organization Green Power Denmark and the Danish Chamber of Commerce to criticize the government.
- The biggest challenge for wind turbines and solar cells on land is not a lack of local support. It is that it has become too expensive to install green energy in Denmark, says Camilla Holbech, director of renewable energy at Green Power Denmark in a press release.
The Danish Chamber of Commerce is also incomprehensible.
- It is obviously completely wrong to increase the costs of green energy, says Ulrich Bang, deputy director of climate at the Danish Chamber of Commerce.
But for Climate Minister Lars Aagaard, the organizations are on the wrong track.
They must "wipe their eyes" and move on.
- If we are to continue the expansion of renewable energy on land, it must be done together with the communities where it is built, he says.
The minister rejects the concern that it could lead to less green electricity production because the prices will be too high for the companies.
- That is not the analysis. The expectations are that the overall package will remove administrative barriers and contribute to broader local support for setting up renewable energy, he says.
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